jealous as a Barbary pigeon

adjective

Very jealous.

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Meanings

adjectivejealous as a Barbary pigeon (not comparable)
  1. not comparablesimileVery jealous.

    Rosemary loved her daddy, but she didn't have him long, and she was as jealous as a Barbary pigeon.

    2020, V. C. Andrews, Beneath the Attic, page 185
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APA

jealous as a Barbary pigeon. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/jealous%20as%20a%20Barbary%20pigeon

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“jealous as a Barbary pigeon.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/jealous%20as%20a%20Barbary%20pigeon. Accessed November 5, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “jealous as a Barbary pigeon,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/jealous%20as%20a%20Barbary%20pigeon.

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